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Rh Keeper of the Zakka Khels,

Tutor of the Khaiber Ghazis,

Cox of the Politicals,

With his cigarette and glasses.

Mr. Hawkins, Junior Sub.,

Late of Woolwich and Thames Ditton,

Thinks his battery the hub

Of the whole wide orb of Britain.

Half a hero, half a cub,

Lithe and playful as a kitten,

Mr. Hawkins, Junior Sub.,

Late of Woolwich and Thames Ditton.

Eighty Tommies, big and small,

Grumbling hard as is their habit.

'Say, mate, what's a Bunerwal?'

'Sometime like a bloomin' rabbit.'